Using the Tuner

Listening to the Radio

 

TUNING MODE

 

TUNING

 

 

TUNING / PRESET

MASTER VOLUME

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

STANDBY

 

A SPEAKERS B

TONE+STEREO LISTENING MODEDISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT RT/PTY/TP MEMORY TUNING MODE RETURN SETUP

 

CLEAR

PHONES

MULTl CH

DVD

VIDEO 1/VCR

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

TAPE

TUNER

CD

TUNER

With the built-in tuner, you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations. You can store your favorite stations as presets for quick selection.

1

Use the [TUNER] input selector

TUNER

 

 

button to select either AM or FM.

 

In this example, FM has been selected.

 

Band

Frequency

 

(Actual display depends on country.)

Tuning into Radio Stations

Auto Tuning Mode

1 TUNING MODE

Press the [TUNING MODE] button

so that the AUTO indicator

 

 

appears on the display.

2

Press the TUNING Up or Down

 

TUNING / PRESET

[ ]/[ ] button.

 

Searching stops when a station is

ENTER

found.

When tuned into a station, the TUNED indicator appears. When tuned into a stereo FM station, the FM STEREO indicator appears on the display, as shown.

TUNED AUTO

FM STEREO

Manual Tuning Mode

1

TUNING MODE

Press the [TUNING MODE] button

so that the AUTO indicator disap-

 

 

pears from the display.

2

 

Press and hold the TUNING Up or

 

 

 

TUNING / PRESET

Down [ ]/[ ] button.

 

 

The frequency stops changing when

 

ENTER

you release the button.

 

 

 

 

Press the buttons repeatedly to change

 

 

the frequency one step at a time.

The American model changes FM frequency in 0.2 MHz steps, 10 kHz steps for AM. For European models it’s 0.05 MHz steps for FM and 9 kHz steps for AM.

In Manual Tuning mode, FM stations will be in mono.

Tuning into weak FM stereo stations

If the signal from a stereo FM station is weak, it may be impossible to get good reception. In this case, switch to Manual Tuning mode and listen to the station in mono.

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Onkyo TX-SR303E instruction manual Using the Tuner, Listening to the Radio, Tuning into Radio Stations

TX-SR303, TX-SR303E specifications

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